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Joachim Metz edited this page May 14, 2026 · 7 revisions

libfsapfs is a library to access the Apple File System (APFS).

Project information:

Status: experimental
Licence: LGPL-3.0-or-later

Read-only supported APFS formats:

version 2

Supported APFS format features:

ZLIB (DEFLATE) compression
LZVN compression
encryption
extended attributes

Unsupported APFS format features:

APFS version 1
Fusion drive (NX_INCOMPAT_FUSION)
snapshots
LZFSE compression, compression methods 11 and 12
"uncompressed", compression methods 1, 9 and 10
T2 encryption

For more information see: